Golfer&#39;s aid



Nov. 13, 1962 A. P. JACKSON ET AL 3,063,721

GOLFERS AID Filed July 21, 1960 llVVf/VI'ORS awn/98 5/ 4 0/2414 arwrls's1927 1? 7 5 Uit Stats 3,063,721 GOLFERS AID Albert P. Jackson, 3323Ingersoil Ave, and Sidney A. Inman, 1045 19th St., both of Des Moines,Iowa Filed July 21, 1960, Ser. No. 44,465 2 Claims. (Cl. 273183) Thisinvention relates to a golfers aid and more particularly to a devicethat will audibly indicate to the user the instant he turns or raiseshis head during or after making a stroke.

One of the most prevelant mistakes made by golfers is the too previousobjectionable movement of the head during the ball-club impact moment.Although all golfers realize that the head must remain lowered andmotionless until the ball is struck, it is difiicult to determine justwhen the head and/ or shoulder was objectionably raised. Even theobservation of another skilled person may be in error.

Therefore, one of the principal objects of our invention is to providean audible means that will indicate to the user, the exact instant thehead is moved or raised during or after the act of striking a golf ballwith a golf club.

A further object of this invention is to provide a head movementindicator that is easily and quickly attached to or detached from theperson or the equipment being worn by the person.

More specifically the object of this invention is to provide a headmovement indicator that is attachable to one of the bows of a pair ofspectacles.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a spectacleholding head movement indicator that may be easily and quickly placed inan operative position or in a non-operative position.

Still further objects of our invention are to provide an audible headmovement indicator that is economical in manufacture, durable in use,and refined in appearance.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Our invention consists in the construction arrangements, andcombination, of the various parts of the device, whereby the objectscontemplated are attained as herein after more fully set forth,specifically pointed out in our claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of our device detachably secured to the bowof a pair of spectacles;

FIG. 2 illustrates the device in use;

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of our device taken on line 33of FIG. 1, and more fully illustrates its construction; and

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view .of the device taken on line 4-4 ofFIG. 3.

In these drawings we have used the numeral to generally designate a pairof spectacles having the usual bows 11. Obviously when the spectaclesare worn the two bows of the spectacles will extend at each side of thehead 12 of the user. It is to one of the bows of the spectacles that wedetachably secure our device, and which we will now described in detail.

The numeral 13 designates a tubular member having a sounding wall plug15 in its outer end portion. The numeral 16 designates a sounding wallplug in the rear end portion of the tubular member 13. These two walls15 and 16 are spaced apart a substantial distance as shown in FIG. 3.The numeral 17 designates a rollable ball or like inside the tubularmember 13 and between the two walls 15 and 16. We recommend that thetubular member 13 and wall 15 be of suitable material such as hardplastic. The movable member 17 and wall 16 may be of suitable materialsuch as that of metal. On the inner end of the tubular member is aflexible resilient tubular sleeve 19 extending inward longitudinally ofthe longitudinal axis of the tubular member 13. This sleeve has twodiametrically opposite slit openings 20 and 21 with the slits preferablyextending transversely of the longitudinal axis of the sleeve.

To use our device it is recommended that the appropriate bow of thewearers spectacles be extended through the two slot openings 20 and 21as shown in FIG. 1. The tube 13 will be yielding held laterallyoutwardly and slightly downwardly from the head of the user with theball 17 adjacent the wall 15. If and when the head is raised and turned,the ball 17, will however roll inwardly in the tubular member 13 andstrike the sounding wall 16, thereby audibly notifying the user that hishead has moved from its position. When getting into position for theshot, the user will lower and slightly turn his head to get the ball toroll to a position adjacent the outer sounding wall 15. The ballstriking the wall 15 will audibly indicate to the user that the ball isin proper outward position. If the user is right handed, the device willbe worn on the left bow of his spectacles as shown. Obviously if theuser is left handed, he will wear the device on the right bow of hisspectacles. When the player wishes to render the device non-operable,the tubular member on the bow is merely swung to a downwardly extendingvertical position. In use, however, the transverse slot 20 and 21arrangement in the resilient flexible sleeve 19, will yieldingly holdthe tubular member in an extended lateral position relative to the headof the user.

Any suitable means may be used to secure our device to the head of theuser. It has been found that the device may be used, merely by insertingthe resilient collar 19 into the ear opening of the user.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of ourgolfers aid without departing from the real spirit and purpose of ourinvention, and it is our intention to cover by our claims, any modifiedforms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may bereasonably included within their scope.

We claim:

1. In a head movement indicator, a tubular member, a sounding wall inthe outer end portion of said tubular member, a second sounding wall inthe inner end portion of said tubular member, a member freely movable insaid tubular member and between said two sounding walls, a flexibleresilient collar member on the inner end of said tubular member, and twodiametrically opposed spectacle bow slot openings in said collar member.

2. In a head movement indicator, a tubular member, a sounding wall inthe outer end portion of said tubular member, a second sounding wall inthe inner end portion of said tubular member, a member freely movable insaid tubular member and between said two sounding walls, a flexibleresilient collar member on the inner end of said tubular member, and twodiametrically opposed spectacle bow slot openings in said collar member;said slot openings extending transversely of the longitudinal axis ofsaid tubular member.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,468,386 Mac Donald Sept. 18, 1923 2,031,771 Grier Feb. 25, 19362,191,683 Roberts Feb. 27, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS 635,448 Great BritainApr. 12, 1950

